7 Cups

7 Cups is an online emotional support and mental health platform founded in July 2013 by psychologist Glen Moriarty (Y Combinator S13) and based in Palo Alto, California. It connects people seeking help with trained volunteer "listeners" for free, anonymous, 24/7 one-to-one active-listening chat, and also offers community forums, group support chat rooms, self-help growth paths, and affordable online therapy with licensed therapists via messaging. The service reports reaching tens of millions of people across roughly 190 countries, supported by hundreds of thousands of trained volunteer listeners, and sells organizational solutions for schools, employers, and health plans. 7 Cups does not publish a public developer API or developer portal; this profile captures its public identity and web properties for the API Evangelist network.

7 Cups is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Mental Health, Emotional Support, Online Therapy, and Peer Support.

7 Cups’ developer surface includes support, pricing, and 6 more developer resources.

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14.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyMental HealthEmotional SupportOnline TherapyPeer SupportCounselingWellbeingCommunity

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 14.6/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 6.3 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

About

About

Source (apis.yml)

aid: 7-cups-of-tea
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/7-cups-of-tea.png
name: 7 Cups
description: 7 Cups is an online emotional support and mental health platform founded in July 2013 by psychologist Glen Moriarty
  (Y Combinator S13) and based in Palo Alto, California. It connects people seeking help with trained volunteer "listeners"
  for free, anonymous, 24/7 one-to-one active-listening chat, and also offers community forums, group support chat rooms,
  self-help growth paths, and affordable online therapy with licensed therapists via messaging. The service reports reaching
  tens of millions of people across roughly 190 countries, supported by hundreds of thousands of trained volunteer listeners,
  and sells organizational solutions for schools, employers, and health plans. 7 Cups does not publish a public developer
  API or developer portal; this profile captures its public identity and web properties for the API Evangelist network.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/7-cups-of-tea/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: a16z-portfolio
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Mental Health
- Emotional Support
- Online Therapy
- Peer Support
- Counseling
- Wellbeing
- Community
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/7-cups-of-tea-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.7cups.com/
- type: About
  url: https://www.7cups.com/about/
- type: Support
  name: Help Center
  url: https://help.7cups.com/hc/en-us
- type: Pricing
  url: https://help.7cups.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026079134-How-Much-Does-7-Cups-Online-Therapy-Cost
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.7cups.com/Documents/TermsOfService/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.7cups.com/Documents/PrivacyPolicy
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/7Cups
- type: Solutions
  name: Solutions for Organizations
  url: https://www.7cups.com/solutions/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence